Are you using Gravatar? I know some of the regulars to BWI are not. What is Gravatar? I’ve included a video at the bottom of this post to help explain.
A gravatar is a globally recognized avatar. Confused yet? It’s the picture of yourself when you comment on this blog. Don’t see a picture of yourself? That is because you don’t have a gravatar. Continue reading »
Two weeks ago I wrote about how Google is slowly releasing annotations for their Google Analytics. Some of my sites had it, and some did not. Well, it appears all of them have it now. Checking Google’s Analytic blog, I saw no mention of it finalizing it’s release. Continue reading »
Does your website have a primary call to action? I hope so. Getting your website to “do something” should be a goal for all website owners. Getting new visitors to see your call to action, or to even act on that call to action though, is the real trick to having a successful website.
Assuming you have a call to action on your website, are you tracking how often it gets clicked? A call to action on your website should be managed as if you were paying for every impression of it being there. You are after all, paying for it in several different ways. Continue reading »
Taking my first and last typing lessons back in 1980, I learned that we put two spaces after a period before starting a new sentence. Well, 1980 was a long time ago.
You could argue either way, one space or two, but it really doesn’t matter as long as your consistent. AP style indicates that you should just use one space after a sentence. I believe Chicago style says to use two. When writing online you should use just one space, and I have a very good reason for it. Continue reading »
My next door neighbor is one of those super IT tech guys, and told me I should post this to quickly help spread the word. He works for ZAG Technical Services, one of Silicon Valley’s leading IT companies. Continue reading »
If you are using WordPress, here a couple of great plugins to help keep those doors locked, and your site safe.
The first plugin is WordPress Firewall, from SEO Egghead. This is a great little plugin that will block traversal, and SQL injection attacks to name a few capabilities. You can whitelist your own IP, and even get an email when an attack is trying to be made. I do use the email me feature, and I do get emails. Continue reading »
Ever fill out a form, hit submit, and say what the heck? Did the form fail to process the data correctly? Did the database fail? Did you type the captcha letters wrong? It was none of the above. It was the design, or should I say usability.
Your secret to building a successful form for your website? Watch a few NEW users fill it out for the first time.
Not all things are intuitive, especially to new visitor. Look at this example below. Continue reading »
Hopefully, many of you with a website have at least a few primary goals set for it. You may be trying to sell a product, get subscribers, educate, and the list goes on. Do you have goals set for those goals though? If you want to improve your website, having performance goals for your primary goals is a required step. Continue reading »
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